Category: sports/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Farlow fills PDS opening
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Heather Farlow was certainly in the right place at the right time. The veteran field hockey coach recently relocated back to New Jersey and was looking for a head coaching position. Princeton Day School was suddenly looking for a head coach when Tracy Arndt let the Panthers know she could…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirates, Knights aim high
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro North and West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls volleyball teams combined for one of the winningest years between the programs last fall. The Knights were 17-13 last year under head coach Joe Schweitzer, while the Pirates went 15-12 under their coach Dan Macionis. Included in the Pirates’ 15…
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WEST WINDSOR: WWLL hosts Europe-Africa champs from Uganda Little League
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor It was a perfect way to end the summer on the baseball field. On Monday afternoon, the West Windsor Little League hosted the 12-year-old all-stars from the Uganda Little League for an exhibition baseball game. The team from Uganda arrived after spending the past week in Williamsport, Pa. for the…
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MONTGOMERY: Schnackenberg earns honors
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Peyton Schnackenberg’s big moments have brought her closer to softball, and have her thinking about a chance to continue playing in college. That’s still a long way off for the Montgomery High School sophomore. Even thought the Cougars’ softball season is a full seven months away, but Schnackenberg is…
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PRINCETON: Figueroa’s passion is following her to work
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Gabie Figueroa has been playing hockey most of her life, and even after graduating from Princeton University she is thrilled that she’s been able to stay connected to the sport. After studying structural engineering at Princeton, she found a job as a project engineer with Gilbane Building Company, a…
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Sports News and Notes
TRAINING RUNS û The Princeton Running Company will be holding staff-led evening training runs beginning at the Princeton Running Company, 108 Nassau Street in Princeton. The runs leave at 6:30 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday and at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday and are held weekly rain or shine. There is no cost. For more information,…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirates coach is home
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Laura McCormick is back. In some ways, it felt like the new West Windsor-Plainsboro South field hockey coach never left. After graduating in 2011, the WW-P South alumna was around to see her twin sisters play for the Pirates. “Time flew,” McCormick said. “I left and came right back.”…
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PRINCETON: PU football itching to start preseason
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The countdown is on for the Princeton University football team. Coaches and players alike can sit and watch all sorts of coverage of the start of pre-season football practices everywhere seemingly but the Ivy League. The Tigers won’t report until next Tuesday and start practicing until Aug. 27. It’s…
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PLAINSBORO: Pitch perfect
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Both Kevin Mackenzie and Trevor Warner got their first varsity soccer head coaching jobs with the first-year West Windsor-Plainsboro High North programs. Now, 16 years later, the two are still at the helm of the Knights soccer programs — Mackenzie with the girls team and Warner as head coach of…
